A new podcast network bringing community-focused content and featuring local voices was launched over the weekend. The LAS Podcast Network debuted Sunday with 10 podcast shows that ranged in topics from real estate and marketing to history and fatherhood.
The row houses add to a slate of work planned to bring permanent flood protection, new and rehabilitated housing and additional commercial development to the flood-damaged Time Check neighborhood.
A lawsuit filed by a retired federal prosecutor alleges the Cedar Rapids City Council violated Iowa open meetings law for conducting a closed session interview of a city clerk candidate
Authorities are investigating two separate incidents of possible animal abuse after seven chickens and 13 guinea pigs were discarded in two separate incidents. Six of the seven chickens were alive, but the guinea pigs were dead.
A.B.T. Moore led Gideons in early 1900s when they began placing Bibles in hotel rooms. His pastor, Dr. E.R. Burkhalter, pitched the idea.
Derecho season is starting, and one expert urges Midwest to better prepare
A Coe College team is leading efforts to study wildlife in and around Cedar Lake in a collaborative research project with the community. People can contribute to scientific research with the iNaturalist mobile app.
Sadie Cahoon has been missing since 7 p.m. Saturday, CRPD says
Richard Lighthall, 49, of Mount Vernon, on Friday night was struck by an Audi driven by 42-year-old Allan Novak Jr. of Cedar Rapids, in front of 6905 Mount Vernon Rd., according to the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.
Sawyer Todd Henry, 27, of Cedar Rapids, faces charges of arson and public intoxication.
Free Kids’ Activity Boxes allow kids to create their own print at home to be assembled into a mural displayed at NewBo City Market in time for the Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival. The boxes are found at select Hy-Vee stores and drugstores starting Saturday.
Named by Fortune magazine as one of the 50 Greatest World Leaders of 2021, Willie Ray Fairley has had an outsized impact on communities by giving away thousands of meals to those in need — near and far — during natural disasters.
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